We are continuing to get questions about immigration enforcement within the city of Minneapolis, so we would like to repost our statement and videos concerning immigration that we put out last November. Below you can find the statement and video in English, Spanish, and Somali.

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The MPD values the contributions of the immigrant communities within the city we serve, and their important role in justice and safety in the City of Minneapolis.

MPD Statement:

“There has been much discussion on a national level about local law enforcement and immigration. The Minneapolis Police Department uses the following ordinance to govern its actions.

Public safety officials shall not undertake any law enforcement action for the purpose of detecting the presence of undocumented persons, or to verify immigration status, including but not limited to questioning any person or persons about their immigration status.”

MPD has a policy in place known as “Police Authority in Immigration Matters.”

“The United States Code empowers the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security, as the sole authority in immigration matters. This means that state and local law enforcement agencies have no authority with respect to immigration violations.

Officers shall not independently undertake to approach, interview, interrogate, detain or arrest any suspected illegal alien or refugee when potential violation of the federal immigration law is the principal issue. Neither shall any officer independently seek to ascertain a suspected illegal alien’s status.”

(You can find a Spanish and Somali version of this video on our facebook page or at insidempd.com.)

—We are continuing to get questions about the MPD’s role in immigration enforcement, so we would like to repost our statement and videos concerning immigration that we put out last November. This video is in Spanish, we also posted videos in English and Somali on our Facebook page and on InsideMPD.com—